Interference forgetting

Question 1

what are the two types of interference

Answer 1

proactive and retroactive

Question 2

what is retroactive interference + study

Answer 2

• Muller
  -gave participants nonsense syllables
  -after retention interval to recall
  -performance down if there was an intervening task
  -intervening produced RI , task interference

Question 3

what is proactive interference + study

Answer 3

-Underwood= equally significant
-learn list of words, don’t learn encounter ones
- memorised 10 more lists after 24 hours 20% recall
-one list . 70% recall
worse recall if more learnt

Question 4

what is a real word study in interference forgetting